Bodos
| बर'/Boro | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 2,000,000 (approx.) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 India (Bodoland Territorial Council) |
1,200,000 (approx.) |
|
India (Assam) |
324,500 |
|
India (West Bengal) |
124,000 |
| Languages | |
| Bodo language | |
| Religion | |
| Bathouism , Bodo Brahma Dharma and Christianity . | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bodo-Kachari, Kachari people, Hajong people, Garo people, Tripuri people | |
The Bodos (Hindustani pronunciation: [boːɽoː]) are an ethnic and linguistic aboriginal group of the Brahmaputra valley in the northeast part of India. Bodos are the single largest group in the Northeast region of India. They are recognized as a plains tribe in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Udalguri, Chirang, Baksa, Sonitpur, Goalpara, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Darrang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar of Assam are considered the centre of the Bodo area. The Bodos living in West Bengal, Nagaland and Nepal are called Mech. The Bodos use the term Bodosa (which is pronounced as Borosa meaning son of Bodo) to describe themselves.
Though spread in different parts of this region, as well as, in the neighbouring countries, majority of their population is found in Assam. The Boro people form the largest indigenous group in the present demography of the region. Linguistically the Garo, the Dimasa, the Hajong, the Sonowal, the Deori, the Rabha, the Tiwa and the Borok of Twipra (Tripura), and many other cognate tribes are part of this great Boro race.
The Bodo people are the migrants from China who settled in the Brahmaputra Valley during prehistoric times pushing the already inhibiting Mon-Khmer speakers up into the hills. The language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family.
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